Guest:

Sophie Pinkham is a writer on Russian and Ukrainian culture and politics. Her articles have appeared in The New Yorker, the New York Times, n+1, the London Review of Books, and Foreign Affairs, among other publications. Her new book is Black Square: Adventures in Post-Soviet Ukraine published by Norton.

Listen to the April 2015 interview with Sophie Pinkham.

Music:

Echo and the Bunnymen, “The Killing Moon,” Ocean Rain, 1984.